The plum, cherry and hazelnut trees were most seriously stricken by the late April snowfall. In some districts, the walnut trees were also seriously affected, mainly because of the separation of branches from the trunk, IPN has learned from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry.

The flowers of trees in orchards situated on the lower parts of slopes were 90% to 100% afflicted. Both the ovaries and the young fruits turned black. Over 7-8% of the fruits were affected this way. In the middle parts of slopes, especially plane ones, the low temperatures affected 25-30% of flowers and small fruits, while on the upper parts these weren’t damaged.

In central and southern districts, there weren’t many insect pollinators in orchards. That’s why some 25% to 45% of plum and cherry flowers weren’t pollinated, depending on species. This figure for peach orchards is smaller.

In old orchards and in other orchards where the trees were affected by fungal, viral, bacterial and other kinds of diseases, the extent of damage can be higher.